36. A Barking Dog

Gap-fill exercise

The lady’s dog barked too much. It barked the morning. It barked in the afternoon. It at night. Every time Kevin walked past the door, the dog barked. Every time Kevin walked the back door, the dog barked. Every time walked past, the dog barked. He told the . “That lady’s dog barks too much,” he said. landlord said he would talk to the lady. he never did. Kevin wanted to shut the up. It was a little dog. But it a big mouth. The dog’s mouth was bigger the dog. What could Kevin do? One day yelled at the dog. He yelled, “Shut up, stupid dog!” The dog barked at Kevin. The got angry. She yelled at Kevin. “Sugar is stupid. Don’t call Sugar stupid,” she said. “He’s lot smarter than you are.”